Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 31, 1919, Page 1

} 3 gL - X * MEMBER UNITED PRESS | _ The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. . Today's world’s news: today. v ' GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT . BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1919 OF TODAY’S PAPER Weather: Markham Hotel: wind which will diminish. “PIONEER’S” € Largest North Central Minneso j Brisk circulation of 4 ANOTHERGOOD "VOLINTEER TN i ‘Will Secure “An-vieéi", Plant Where Employed MINISTERS WILL QALI.. ATTENTION TO CA‘MPAIGN “This Is President Wilion's Sug- Tonight, ‘Saturday ' and . Sunday, prominent speakers of theieity wiil speak briefly at the varioys motion i pleture theatres of Bemiditin the in- -terest of the Red Cross chgpter mem- ’ .bership campaign, which '}nm )lon- | 4 \‘ R dl'{"!le speakers-and -plach of their .addredses are as follows: - i Tonight, '4 4R Grand—Thayer C. Bail ‘Elko—W. Z. Robinson. = ' ** Rex—C. L. Pegelow. ¢ < . Saeturday, .{ - Grand—Mrs. Eduard Ndtzer: : Elko—J. P. Lahr. 4 = Rex—Harry E. I}_eynold' Grand—E., A. Barker. Elko—E. E. McDonald. Rex—D. S. Mitchell. The Red Cross chapter has also se- cured another good volunteer for its “Third Roll Call, which begins Mon- .day, November 3, in William Werth _sof the office force of the Bemidji ‘Manufacturing company. He will look out for subscription renewals .and new members for the Red Cross .in his plant. ! The campaign will start Monday in Bemidji, instead of Sunday, as scheduled and the subscription places will then be open for renewals and ‘new memberships. Wilson Makes Suegestion. Although the actual campaign will commence Monday, President Wilson, ‘by a proclamation has designated ‘Sunday as Red Crose Sunday, when pastors of the churches are expected to mention the call as part of their ‘services. Goyernor Burnguist has also proclaimed Red Cross S8unday in conformity with the president’s call, ‘and it is expected that Bemidji min- ‘dsters will also observe the day, brief- 1y and fittingly. ey i Different Days Named. Tuesday has been named- Nursing ‘Day in the northern division and solicitors on that day are urged to make a special appeal for continued ‘membership, that the peace program ‘of the department of nursing may be fullfilled. . . 5 ) i Wednesday, life saving is to take the precedence over other activities of the-Red Cross in making appeal for membership that by its educa- £ étgonal cgmpaign the number of deaths by accident may be lessened in the Unifed States. Home Service will have Thursday November 6 as its special day. Junior Red Cross Day. On,Friday, Red Cross workers, past and /preseut, have been urged and authorized to wear their Red Cross uniforms when they go out to solicit memberships and on Saturday the cause of the Juniors will make it Jurior Red Cross Day. ‘Women’s day is Sunday, and on the last two days, Monday, which is “wear your button” day and Tues- day, November 11, every person who does not wear the Red Cross yntton will be solicited and asked' to JOIN for 1920. It is hoped Bemidji will again ‘have a “heart and a dollar.” ‘NORTH DAKOTA TO TEST EGG PRODUCTION COST (By United Press.) Bisarck, N. D, Oct. 31.—The North Dakota hens start an egg lay- ing contest ovening tomorrow and closing November 1, 1920. The pur- pose of the contest which will be conducted by Enoch J. Peterson, poultryman, North Dakota Agricul- tural college, is to secure data on the .cost of egg production. That the best and quickest way to secure an armory appropriation is to effect an organization of an infantry company in Bemidji is apparent. It has been suggested that this be done by conducting a drive similar to that of the membership campaign of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation. This suggestion is meet- ing with approval on every hand and will doubtless be taken up within the next few days. i ‘Wheh :‘Adjutant General Rhinow and other: officials were here Wed- nesday, they made it very clear that the support of the Civic and Com- merce association was necessary to the success of a militia company. They also impreesed citizers that it was up to this representative body to make the recommendation as to who shall ofticer the company. Clarence K. Foucault was appoint- ed chairman of the meeting and di- rected to formulate the plans for the proceedure of organization. of the company. His decision was to turn the formation affairs of the company over to the Bemidji association with the suggestion that it hold a smoker for all interested in the guard com- pany and have the. proposition. ex- plained. s i When the endorsement ot the Be- midj Civic. and Commerce associa- tio: given, it means that the prop- T n will be named and recom- mended and: that. the success of the gompany is assurred. This will be ‘Teft “for the association, after the menhave enlisted. The work at BRIEFLY. ARMISTICE DAY Firing Stopped on Western Front at 11 o’Clock, One Year Ago Nov. 11 Minneapolis, Oct 31.—Business of the national convention of the Ameri- can Legion will be. suspended for a few minutes at 11 o’clock on the morning of Armistice day, November 11, to formally mark the anniversary of the day and hour on which firing ceased on the western front in the world war. Dr. Derby, who was in charge of arrangements t obring a distinguish- ed guest to the national convention, told the local executive committee that the plan would have to be def- initely abandoned. He said the mili- tary situation preevnted Marshal Foch from coming, and that King Al- bert of the Belgians and Cardinal Mercier, who had been. mentioned as possible guests, were. leaving the United States prior to the time of the convention. 3 SMALL BOY INJURED SLIDING DOWN INCLINE (Special to Pioneer.) Shevlin, Oct. 31.—Clarence Norby was quite seriously hurt while slid- ing down a hill Wednesday after- noon. In.some miraculous manner he fell from a sled. A stick lying in the snow flew up and punctured his stom- ach. Dr. Campbell of Bagley was called immediately. He dressed the wound and ordered the boy sent to the hos- pital. Nick Hanson of Shevlin motored to Bemidji the same evening with Clarence, where he is now receiving medical treatment. The doctors operated immediately. People in this cection are very anxious to hear of his recovery. Clarence is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Norby of Mallard. ST. CLOUD REPORTS EIGHT CASES OF DIPTHERIA St. Cloud. Minn., Oct. 31.—Eight cases of dintheria have been reported in St. Cloud by the city health de- vartment. Rigid quarantine has been put in force to prevent spread of the disease. PRE-WA® RAILROAD RATE MAKING HAS BEEN RESTORED (By' United Press.) ‘Washington. Oct. 31.—The house | SUGGESTION OF ENLISTMENT CAMPAIGN FOR ' NEW NATIONAL GUARD MEETS APPROVAL . DATEFORSEMI- | FINALS STATE | GRORONTITLE. ORDER RESTRAINING Speed in Organization Will Mean that State Appropriation- folf New Armory. Will Be Available Forthwith; Civic . Association Interested hand seems to be to secure the enlist- ments. ‘It has been further suggested that a committee of twelve business men be named to make such recommenda- tions to-the associatiop, of returned service men, who would be qualified and at the same timefhe a popular choice for captain of {the company. Also that the men themselves be giv~ en a right to first maké a recommen- | dation to the committee. Such proceédure, i is believed, would be necessaty, to secure the beat man, and one, who would be backed: as the citizens. of thejcity. Men who aré ellglbb to head the company may be chosen from the re- turned service officers: and retura servicd men;. This was brought out: by Colonel “"Woolnougli;and other of: ficlals. He stated that if the p man could not be deciged - upon: £ the list of returned officers, the lection Tould be made from a-}st- returned service men,; In this case such sérvice man; not an officer, would have.ta take: examination and qualify.’. Hem sent. some-six hundred: men-into thi service and has a splendid list fr which to- choose, Rt ¢ 1t is probable that a be calléd in the very mear future, which &l1 members of the association ] and everybody interested will be im- vited. The meeting will be spo: ‘by. the Civic'and Cominerce associa: tion, “which" is recognized’ as ' the mos; representative - hody for such ‘work. - LEGION. CONVENTION... - |HORSES SINK DEEPLY - WILL CEASE BUSINESS | INYARD EXCAVATION - { HITHERTO' UNKNO' One Horse Goes Down i-'our Feet Below Earth; Mishap at R. L. Giveq Home A team of horses delivering wood this forenoon, at the rear of the resi- dence of R. L. Given, on Beltrami avenue sunk in an excavation four feet deep above them in the earth in the back yard, when rotted planking, covered with a 100t of earth gave way. \Willing hands were soon at work on extracting the herses, one of which was fortunate to be held out of the excavation by the truck pole, but it required hard work to get the other horse out, as it required three teams and expert diréction on the part of George Pellow. After an hour had been ‘expended tc extricate the half buried animal, which was owned by. the Bemidji Box company, Mr. Pellow was sent for. The excavation was a lined con- traption, and had "been seaied with planking and a light covering of earth, its presence being unknown to the occupants of the residence. MINNEAPOLIS TAXPAYER STARTS SUIT TO TEST SOLDIER BONUS LAW Bond Brokers Would Ascertain Legality of the Law Prior to Buying - ; St. Paul, Minn., Oct$31.—A suit to test the Minaegota soldier bonus law has begun in the Hennepin county district court by 'A. Qustafson, as a Minneapolis freeholder and tax pay- er against Walter F. Rhinow, adjut- ant general, Henry# Rines, state treasurer and J. A. Q. Preus, state auditor, and' the soldiers’ bonus board which they compose. * The court is asked.for an order re- straining the bonus pdard from act- ing under the bonus law and from is- suing any certificates 6f indebtedness under the $20,000,000f authorization on the ground that the law is void and unconstitutional. Copies of the complaint were served on Auditor Preffs and Treasur- er Rines. The test in-advance of the sale will mean that the state will re- ceive from $200,000° to $300,000 more for the certificates than if the suit, which bond" bfokers insisted must be brought was instituted after by the men of the company as WeH | HAND IN NOV. 15, LATEST Championship Will Be Decided on November 22 If Such Is Possible START MADE TOO LATE FOR GOOD SCHEDULE and Crookston Slated to H y Saturday But expected that Crookston’s : goool football team would:come dJ1 tomorrow to play the lo- 4n-a’;0enference game, hut a 47 call late yesterday afternoon: gchSmith, principal of the high 1, -atated the Crookston team ed practice Tor the past few days 0 would mot be here. The game will in’#ll. probability be played . Paul;Qct. 31.—With aspirants ¥. the -state high school football ¢ apionghip rapidly being eliminat- ed'before ‘- few. strong contenders, efforts” wilt:’bée made this week to bring together the proper schools to make possible a state championship me :Northrap.-Field, University of edota, November 15, if pos- #ible, or: November 22 at the latest. 4 Schedules Are Tangled. The University of Minnesota state championship project was not under- taken this year early enough to make possible the most satisfactory sched- ules throughout the state for the elimination process. ¥ A state champion, however, will he declared this year, and the tourna- ment so developed so that next year it can be put into full swing. Norman Kingsley, Gopher tootball, basketball and track letter man, has been put in charge of the tourna- ment, and is at work on the schedule. The''state was divided into eight sections for the purposes of the tour- nament. It was planned to pit the section winners against each other down to the finals. The last gameo will be played on Northrop Field, where the athletes will be the guests of the University Athletic association during their visit. Dr. H. L. Williams, Gopher coach, has offered a trophy to the champion team. Hibbing to Play Crookston. From present indications Hibbing has a clear title in the Northeastern section. Bemidji 'and Crookston meet Saturday in what should be the title bout of ‘the Northwestern sec- tion. Little Falls and Willmar seems to hold the lead in the East Central and West Central sections.” Monte- video has a very strong team, and has won several games by big mar- gins, and will be a factor in the West Central district. Worthington has the edge in the Southwestern section, with Red Wing undefeated in the Southeastern. Problem in Twin Cities. Ramsey and Hennepin counties each constitute a separate district. Minneapolis Central seems to have the title in the Hennepin distriet, while Mechanic Arts is as yet unde- feated in Ramsey county. A Mechanic Arts-Central game may be arranged ahead of the sche- duled date, but that solution may have to be abandoned. Plans are for Willmar or Monte- video to meet Little Falls, Hibbing to meet Bemidji or Crookston, Worth- ington to meet Crookston, and the Twin City leaders to play the ‘‘eights’” on November 8. That would leave the semi-finals for No- vember 15, and the finals for Novem- ber 22. CROOKSTON CAMPS ARE SHIPPING TO BEMIDJI The Crookston Lumber company of Bemidfi has started to shipping logs from its camp in the vicinity of Ne- bish and is receiving dafly from eight to ten cars of logs over the Red Lake road: About 150 men are employed in the c&¥mps there. 8ix camps are being operated on the M. & I, and will commence to <hip logs to Bemidif about December 1. They are located at Blackduck, Funkley. Orth, and Northome and +has passed a bill restoring the pre-|the certificates weer offered, the|about 600 men are employed in these war system of railroad rate making | members predicted. ’; lcamps, — = o o = i ¥ — T—— + . FEDERAL INDIANA GRANTS AN COMPLETE WALKOUT (By United Press.) - - Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 31.—The strike of the bituminous coal mine 'John L. Lewis, following rs of the nation starts at midnight tonight, in defiance of the restraining orders mu:tl Judge Anderao United States district court today. by Judge Anderson in the the meeting of the executive bu:dbftheminmwhmpapmhthhjwipnmm “This instrument will not miné workers and will not settle the avert the strike. of bituminous striko after ‘it occurs. cnly complicates to a furthey degree the prob- lems involved in adjustment of the controversy. “The injunction cannot stop it,” it was stated, “but mll Plage the officials of the mine workers subjoct tp criminal prose- ieutipn: f’?r contempt of court if they attempt to lead the sgrikers. ———— (By United Press. Indianapolis, Ind., .Oct. 31.—Federal Judge Anderson today granted a temporary order restraining Frank J. Hayes, president, and other officials of the United Mine Workers of America, from calling ‘more tlulm 350,000 coal :.mcno:o strike at midnight tonight. *""The court set 10 o‘éléck,‘Nfieth 8, the time for hear ing arguments on the petition for a temporary injunction. ~ - The court granted the order on the rediiest of A, B. Ames, assistant attorney general, who asked it under the Lever Act and ul_l_der the act granting President Wilson authority to take the railroads, which Judge Anderson contended would lose large sums of money in event of a strike. ; Whe!l informed by the United Press of the action taken, John Lewis, acting president of the miners, called the executive board into session to discuss probable action. Lewis said it was too early to make any statement. . (By United Press.) 8t. Clairville, 0., Oct. 31.—The coal strike order is already under way in Eastern Ohio. Thirteen hundred workers early today laid down their tools in various shafts throughout this section. Un- ion workers in the balance of the re- lg‘:;)n were reported joining the list of €. The hour set by executives of all mines in the district is expected to close down all mines, Union leaders | declared there would be 15,000 out by night. anm ISSUES ORDER. ‘ashington, Oct. 31.—President Wilson today issued ap executive or- der, re-establishing the maximum prices for fuel as they existed when the fond and fuel administration ceased functioning. The president acted under the au- thl:rlty of the food and fuel control act. ' The order will reduce the price of coal in many sections of the country, officials asserted. COAL. DULUTH DOCKS. Minneapolis, Oct. 31—The impend- ing coal strike will not seriously ef- fect the Northwest, according to tes- timony given by coal dealers before the state department of agriculture committee on investigation of the high cost of living, which is now holding hearings on the fuel condi- tions at the capitol. Supplies of coal sufficlent to fur- nish the entire Northwest through the winter are stored in the Superior Japan, Fourth Allied Power To Sign Pact (By Unijted Press.) Tokio, Oct. .81,—The Japanese gov- ernment on Thursday ratified the peace treaty, the fourth allied power to finally pass upon the document. SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM HAS OWN PRINTING PLANT (By United Press.) Columbia, Mo., Qct. 31.—The first complete newspaper plant in the world built and equipped solely for a school of journalism will open early in January, when Neff Hall, theh new home of the University of Missouri’s school of journalism is completed and equipped. The building with its equipment will cost $80,000. It is the gift of Ward A. Neff of aKnsas City, 0. It is a memorial to his father, the late Jay H. Neff, founder of the Jorn Belt Dailies. The new building will be a. com- plete newspaper plant. tI will in- and Duluth docks, dealers testified!clude rooms for regular class work before the committees and with nor-| mal transportation facilities they an- ticipate no serious fuel crises this winter. Nut Hard Coal Lacking. Difticulty in securing nut hard coal to meet the demands of Minne- apolis was reported- this morning trom coal dealers in ‘afl parts of the city. Lack of this grade is particu- larly felt in the residential districts, Wwhere furnaces are in prevalent use, dealers stated. Soft coal orders are being met by ample supplies in the coal yards, and the large reserve stores that lie in the docks at Duluth and Superior. No difficulty is reported by local fuel dealers in securing the transporta- tion from the Head of the Lakes, al. though they have been unable to ac- count for the shortage of the hard ~nt verfetv. As far as can be ascer- tained. sufficient supnlies of the hard =1t eoal to snnpnly the aemands are stored in the lake docks. of the journalism school. T'he Even- ing Missourian, the daily newspaper of the school, wi]l be issued from the new plant. . NORMAL SCHOOL FACULTY IN PROGRAM SATURDAY The program of the Women’s Com- munity and Civie club at the normal school assembly hall, tomorrow after- noon at 2:30 o'clock, is as follows: Symposium; Topic—The morak education of children. A. The teaching of morals vs. moral teachifig—Miss Mabel Bonsall. B. Home reading—Miss Eunice~ Asbury. C. The play instinct in moral de- velopment—Miss Emma B. Grant. ‘The persong on the above program are members of the state normal faculty.